3398 Rushing There

Meanwhile, at Rouge Pavilion in Dragon Flame City.

Before the戌时 (7-9 PM) arrived, Qiao Mu was already waiting in the Rouge Pavilion's main hall.

Hui Feng quickly walked in and whispered a few words into the Crown Prince's ear.

Crown Prince Mo nodded, then turned to Qiao Mu, holding her small hand and softly saying, "Everything's arranged. We can leave immediately."

Qiao Mu nodded expressionlessly, uttering two words through clenched teeth, "No rush."

The manager of Rouge Pavilion hid behind his counter, feeling a chill pressure from above his head, and couldn't help but tremble.

Ever since those two distinguished guests, accompanied by a group of black-clad guards, entered, everyone else in the shop had very sensibly fled.

Although the young guard had given him a small bag of spirit coins, telling him to leave without concern, the shop manager still felt uneasy, as if something bad was about to happen. He chose to stay, believing in "where the shop is, there the person is"...

Qiao Mu currently had no mind to bother with the thoughts of miscellaneous people. She held a flower cup in her hand, making a "clatter, clatter" sound as it shattered. Though her face showed no emotion, her heart was filled with intense fury, wanting to slaughter her enemies.

These people were truly audacious, daring to target her family in the lower star region.

Good, very good!

Since that was the case, she would make them clearly understand the price of harming her family.

Hui Feng lifted the curtain and walked in, exchanging a sharp glance with the Crown Prince, nodding slightly, and stepping aside two paces.

A burly man, accompanied by three or four attendants, walked in.

Upon seeing the little Crown Princess, the man's face broke into a smile, and he laughed heartily, "Oh, my apologies for making the Crown Princess wait! This must be His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince."

"Cut the nonsense," Qiao Mu interrupted him coldly. "What are your Pangu Clan's conditions for releasing the person? Speak."

The burly man's face slightly changed. He gave two awkward laughs and said, "What is the Crown Princess talking about? What do we have to do with the Pangu Clan..."

The little Crown Princess slightly raised a hand, and Hui Feng clapped, ordering someone to bring out the simple-looking Pangu Clan man from before and throw him in front of the burly man.

"This is your companion, isn't it?"

The burly man's face subtly changed, and he looked up at Qiao Mu in disbelief.

This person was actually captured by them? How was that possible?

And, this person had actually confessed his identity as a Pangu Clan member??

"Your name is Kakuun, isn't it?" Qiao Mu stared at him with cold eyes. With a movement of her fingers, the flower cup in her palm shattered into powder.

"Have you thought about how you're going to die?"

Kakuun's face shifted slightly, his pupils involuntarily constricting.

A moment later, the shop manager nervously saw off the distinguished guests, receiving another small bag of spirit coins, and bowed in tearful gratitude.

Qiao Mu ordered her people to take Kakuun and his group onto Yan Qi's (the dragon) back. Five hundred Purple Forest Guards accompanied them.

The Aurora Sands stronghold, located ninety thousand miles from the border city, would take an estimated seven or eight days to reach at Little Qi's speed.

Qiao Mu used teleportation arrays. After their power was exhausted, she had Little Qi carry them for a while.

Once the array power replenished, they would continue teleporting.

Thus, within a day, the entire group arrived at Qingyue City, just outside the Aurora Sands. This city was the border between Divine Land and the Aurora Sands.

Qingyue City was extremely close to the Aurora Sands. Its name, Qingyue (清越, clear and distant), did not match its reality, as it was not at all clear or fresh.

The wind and sand were intense here. Walking on the streets, people wrapped in headscarves hurried everywhere.